Seattle third-smartest in North America

Seattle is the third-smartest city in North America, according to a new ranking.

Fast Company’s Co.Exist looked at “six key components of smart cities and three key drivers for each component.” More on that here.

Seattle scored in the top three in four of the six components, including to top spot in “smart governance.”

Co.Exist wrote: “Seattle has been a North American pioneer developing its first e-government strategy in 2004, and more recently using both RFIDs to track waste and Twitter to communicate about stolen vehicles.”

The site also noted Seattle’s longstanding dedication to environmental issues and smart economy, writing: “Seattle had the highest economic performance rank of U.S. cities in this ranking.”

Still, Boston and San Francisco topped us. At least we finished (just) ahead of Vancouver.

Noting the Smart Governance ranking, The Stranger’s Dominic Holden (who gets a hat tip for this post) quipped: “Needless to say Co.Exist isn’t based in Seattle.”